Narrative

Chapter 4: Narrative Techniques in the Novels and the Films This study deals almost entirely with films derived from canonical novels. The novels chosen for the purpose of this research originate from varied parts of the world. One notices that they differ in their origin as well as the time period. Even though the novels are all chosen carefully from the best works of twentieth century, they have emerged at different points in time through the modern age. The places of origin differ too. One…

particular genre, this concept may force the author to become responsible for both the internal and the external aspects in each of their works. Once this is achived, Atwood believes that the real social discourse comes from questioning the many ways a narrative can be structured and…

The art of storytelling is moving far beyond boundaries and pre-conceived limitations that enables the storyteller to change the way that the story is told. Telling a story is being capable of drawing the readers in, grabbing their uttermost attention, perplexing them with the complexities of the story and at the end, connecting with the reader. The author, Junot Diaz implements these elements in his engrossing novel The Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao (2007). This book is captivating in the…

exist. However, there is one more element of a story that can play just as crucial a role in effectively expressing a narrative: the point of view in which the story is told. In Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun, readers are introduced to two different narrators, twins Noah and Jude, whose accounts take place at two different points in time. However, these two separate narratives come together to form one cohesive story, which would not be pieced together without…

Arnold’s film ‘Fish Tank’ (2009) utilises its depiction of place and use of ambient sound or music to create this realism in its depiction of its main character, fifteen-year-old Mia (played by Katie Jarvis). The depiction of Mia’s experiences in the narrative of the film ultimately asks the audience to understand…

Morgue,” places several ideas in juxtaposition with each other in order to make a point. The beginning commentary about several board games and the mental faculties they require, according to narrator, sets the stage for the following murder mystery narrative in the short story. By doing so, Poe is using two seemingly unrelated topics, which could be seen as quite crass in being compared to each other, in order to draw distinctions between several abstract concepts. First off, by interjecting…

It describes the event through the use of real footage, but also the use of animation and a combination of the both at times. Tower is an alternative narrative film that includes re-enactments, real footage, and animation. Maitland used several different artistic ideas in the film to best accurately portray the fatal events that occurred, without focusing on the sniper himself. Maitland focused on the commentary…

attempted to increase his intelligence quotient (IQ). As a result of this research-based intervention, Charlie's IQ was successfully tripled. Likewise, the same experiment was conducted on a laboratory mouse, Algernon. The structure of the novel is a narrative style that helps the author intentionally represent Charlie's inner transformations through his reflective journal. These reflections are written from a first person perspective and contain multiple spelling and grammatical mistakes at the…

“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”. The short story, often described as uncanny, takes the reader into an imaginary journey led by the main character, Farquhar as he is hanged. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” receives criticism on Bierce’s narrative technique. Critics such as Peter Stoicheff, Harriet Kramer Linkin, and James G. Powers, all discuss the purpose of the word choice made by Bierce throughout the story. Although Stoicheff, Powers, and Linkin discuss the purpose of the word choice…

the audience into the film but their narrative conventions do differ from each other. The significance of the location and actors used differentiates the two approaches; as neorealism focuses on portraying reality by avoiding the glimmer of Hollywood stars and mise-en-scène. This allows neorealism to express the natural occurrences in life and the social issues of its time. CHC is known to use continuity editing to produce a naturalistic flow in its narrative to engage the audience in the film,…